10 things we want gone from the music world

Chris Brown, parody videos, boybands and more music world quirks we want banished

Chris Brown: Does this one even need explaining? The idea that a convicted criminal being unable to release music is ridiculous. Prepare to throw out half your MP3 collection if that''s actually what you believe. However, the point of crime and punishment is that the criminal learns from their sentence and, showing remorse, enters society again to get on with their life. Chris Brown has not only shown absolutely no sorrow for what he did to Rihanna in 2009 but actively made out that any animosity shown toward him is ill-placed and an insult. That''s the truly unforgivable crime. That and his really rubbish music.

Acoustic bores: It''s not that we have a problem with Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard, Mumford or his sons individually. However, the sheer number of anonymous and posh men doing their thing behind an acoustic guitar in 2012 is beginning to get more than a little boring.

Reality TV talent shows: It''s not breaking news that TV exposure doesn''t exactly lead to musical greatness (Ask Leon Jackson) however it does genuinely feel like the last drops of talent have been squeezed out of X Factor/ The Voice et al. No longer dominating the pop charts or the TV viewing figures, could 2012 be the last year of this 21st century phenomenon?

Parody videos: OK, you''''ve all seen Carly Rae Jepsen''''s video for ''Call Me Maybe'' but do we really need 500 different spoof versions clogging up YouTube forever more? No, not really and nor do we need ''comedy'' versions of the Gotye/ LMFAO etc etc videos either. Whatever you think of those artists, at least they''''re creating something original.

David Guetta''s influence on pop music: David Guetta is perhaps unfairly maligned (''Titanium'' is undeniably great) but his general influence on pop music in 2012 is making the radio playlists and charts into an omni-mush of big beats, shrill vocals and a never ending series of drops. This is good in measures but feels over exposed in the extreme right now.

Lyric video: It''s the people who make these videos we feel sorry for. Essentially a musical equivalent of the TV test card, the lyric video is there to hold fans before the moving pictures come along later on. Plus, they kind of fall down when you get someone with truly dreadful lyrics. Nobody needs to see Madonna''s words in size 75 font across their laptop screen.

Viral music stars: Rebecca Black, PSY, those twins who rap to Nicki Minaj songs - we''re talking to you. Music can be fun, light hearted and often even hilarious but it is better if the audience are laughing with the musician, not at them. A few million hits on YouTube is still not going to mean anything more than all of these guys being vaguely remembered in a pub discussion fifteen years from now.

TV adverts dictating chart success: This can work from time to time (Public Enemy''s revival this Summer for example) but more often than not we look at the charts and wonder why some random song from fifteen years ago has suddenly surged up into the top twenty. The answer nearly every time is that "It''''s on an advert" and more often, "It''''s on an advert and has been covered in a really soppy and twee way." You can''''t help fear that the Go Compare man would have a number one if he released his song on iTunes.

Precocious teenagers: Maybe it''s the social media generation, a group of kids raised behind laptops with nothing but the adulation of the peers ''liking'' their pics and commenting on how great they are but it seems that the current crop of teen stars love themselves even more than their fans do. All we want is a bit of humility guys!

Over styled boybands: One thing The Wanted and One Direction have in their favour is that they''re a million miles away from the uniformed stool risers we endured in the dreaded Boyzone / Westlife days. However, that doesn''''t excuse these guys blatantly exploiting teenage girls emotions and appearing everywhere we ever look. Every time we look at The Wated we just feel that Topman is five members of staff down for another week.

Like the rest of the world, Chris Brown really got on our nerves this week when he showed off his spectacularly offensive new tattoo. 'Wow', we thought, 'If only we could ban him from the music world, everything would be a bit better.'

That has led us here, a run down of ten things we want to get rid of, from little irritants to massive and unavoidable idiots like Brown.

There is hope of getting our way however, with X Factor judge Louis Walsh predicting the demise of the TV talent show, apparently saying: "I think it may end after one more year. I think the tenth season could be it. " We can but hope.

So, check out what we out in our list and let us know what you would banish from the music world in the comments below.